Garuda Purana

अपसंह्रियते चान्ते संहर्त्ता च स्वयं हरि 4.

At the end, all is withdrawn, and Hari himself is the destroyer.

रुद्ररूपी च कल्पान्ते जगत्संहरतेऽखिलम् 4.

At the end of the cycle, taking the form of Rudra, he destroys the entire world.

दंष्टूयोद्धरति ज्ञात्वा वारहीमास्थितस्तनूम् 4.

Assuming the form of a boar, he lifts it with his tusks, knowing this.

प्रथमो महतः सर्गो विरूपो ब्रह्मणस्तु सः 4.

The first creation of the great is the deformed one, belonging to Brahma.

वैकारिकस्तृतीयस्तु सर्गस्त्वैन्द्रियकः स्मृतः 4.

The third creation is called vaikārika, and the creation of the senses.

मुख्यसर्गश्चतुर्थस्तु मुख्या वै स्थावराः स्मृताः 4.

The fourth creation is the principal one; the principal immovable beings are remembered.

तदूर्द्धस्त्रोतसां षष्ठो देवसर्गस्तु स स्मृतः 4.

The sixth creation, above the upward-flowing ones, is remembered as the creation of the gods.

अष्टमोऽनुग्रहः सर्गः सात्त्विकस्तामसस्तु सः 4.

The eighth creation is favor, sattvic and also tamasic.

प्राकृतो वैकृतश्चापि कौमारो नवमः स्मृतः 4.

The prākṛta and vaikṛta creations, and the kaumāra, are remembered as the ninth.

ब्रह्मणः कुर्वतः सृष्टिं जज्ञिरे मानसाः सुताः 4.

As Brahma was creating, his mind-born sons were produced.

सिसृक्षुरम्भांस्येतानि स्वमात्मानमपूजयत् 4.

Desiring to create these waters, he worshipped his own self.

सिसृक्षेर्जघनात्पूर्वमसुरा जज्ञिरे ततः 4.

Desiring creation, first from his lower part, the asuras were born.

तमोमात्रा तनुस्त्यक्ता शङ्कराभूद्विभावरी 4.

Having abandoned the body composed of tamas, night arose, resembling Shankara.

सत्त्वोद्रिक्तास्तु मुखतः संभूता ब्रह्मणो हर ! 4.

Those with abundant sattva were born from Brahma’s mouth, O Hara!

ततो हि बलिनो रात्रावसुरा देवता दिवा 4.

Then, indeed, the powerful asuras are of the night, and the gods are of the day.

सा चोत्सृष्टाभवत्सन्ध्या दिननक्तान्तरस्थितिः 4.

And that Sandhyā was created, existing between day and night.

सा त्यक्ता चाभवज्ज्योत्स्त्रा प्राक्‌सन्ध्या याभिधीयते 4.

When she was abandoned, she became the luminous one called Prāk-sandhyā.

रजोमात्रां तनु गृह्य क्षुदभूत्कोप एव च 4.

Taking only a portion of rajas, she became thin, and from hunger, anger arose.

यक्षाख्या यक्षणाज्ज्ञेयाः सर्पा वै केशसर्पणात् 4.

Those known as Yakṣas are to be understood as born from her yawning, and serpents from the shaking of her hair.

गायन्तो जज्ञिरे वाचं गन्धर्वाप्सरसश्च ये 4.

Those who are Gandharvas and Apsarases, singing, were born as speech.

सृष्टवानुदराद्राश्च पार्श्वाभ्यां च प्रजापतिः 4.

The Lord of creatures created the Rākṣasas from his abdomen and others from his sides.

ओषध्यः फलमूलिन्यो रोमभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे 4.

Plants bearing fruits and roots were born from his hairs.

एतान् ग्राम्यान्पशून्प्राहुरारण्यांश्च निबोध मे 4.

These are called domestic animals; now hear from me about the wild ones.

औदकाः पशवः षष्ठाः सप्तमाश्च सरीसृपाः 4.

The sixth are aquatic animals, and the seventh are reptiles.

आस्याद्वै ब्राह्मणा जाता बाहुभ्यां क्षत्त्रियाः स्मृताः 4.

From his mouth were born the Brāhmaṇas, and from his arms are said to be the Kṣatriyas.

ब्रह्मलोको ब्राह्मणानां शाक्रः क्षत्त्रियजन्मनाम् 4.

The world of Brahmā is for Brāhmaṇas, and the world of Indra for those born as Kṣatriyas.

ब्रह्मचारिव्रतस्थानां ब्रह्मलोकः प्रजायते 4.

For those who observe the vow of the student, the world of Brahmā is attained.

स्थानं सप्तऋषीणां च तथैव वनवासिनाम् 4.

So also is the abode of the seven sages and of those who dwell in the forest.

कृत्वेहामुत्रसंस्थानं प्रजासर्गं तु मानसम् 5.

Having described the existence here and hereafter, now the mental creation of beings is told.